Rise of the Rest

The Cool Down is a content+commerce startup that helps Americans feel invested in and educated about the future. The company is led by Dave Finocchio, co-founder and long-time CEO of Bleacher Report, and Anna Robertson, an award-winning executive, producer, and innovator at Disney, ABC, and Yahoo.

MilkRun, Inc. operates an online platform that connects consumers with farmers and producers, allowing them to purchase groceries directly. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Canby, Oregon, the company offers a variety of products, including bakery items, meat, seafood, and beverages. By providing an online retail channel for small and mid-sized producers, MilkRun facilitates the direct sale, distribution, and fulfillment of locally sourced goods. The platform leverages technology to enhance the efficiency of the pre-industrial distribution model, significantly improving the sales and delivery process for local food systems.

MilkRun, Inc. operates an online platform that connects consumers with farmers and producers, allowing them to purchase groceries directly. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Canby, Oregon, the company offers a variety of products, including bakery items, meat, seafood, and beverages. By providing an online retail channel for small and mid-sized producers, MilkRun facilitates the direct sale, distribution, and fulfillment of locally sourced goods. The platform leverages technology to enhance the efficiency of the pre-industrial distribution model, significantly improving the sales and delivery process for local food systems.

Krowdsourced Inc., operating as Source, is a Portland-based company that provides a comprehensive platform for the commercial construction industry. Established in 2018, Source connects professionals, including architects, designers, owners, and contractors, with manufacturers and product representatives to facilitate the sourcing of materials and solutions. The platform offers access to a wide array of resources, including finished samples, product pricing, technical documents, and project research assistance. By enabling users to discover and order building materials, finishes, fixtures, and other architectural and interior products, Source enhances collaboration within the commercial design sector. Additionally, the platform allows manufacturers to upload their product and sales representative information, thereby streamlining the communication process and improving overall efficiency in the construction supply chain.

Amplion Inc. operates BiomarkerBase, a comprehensive biomarker database that offers insights into clinical biomarkers and their applications in molecular testing. The database serves as a strategic resource for navigating the clinical biomarker landscape and aids in making informed decisions regarding the commercial use of these biomarkers. Amplion also provides a biomarker engine, an end-to-end workflow tool that processes both structured and unstructured data, allowing users to filter, annotate, and learn from the data. Additionally, the company offers an alert service that notifies users via email about new developments related to specific biomarker targets or diseases in tests, drug labels, or clinical trials. Founded in 2013 and based in Bend, Oregon, Amplion leverages machine learning and biomedical expertise to deliver actionable insights that support drug and diagnostic development in the field of precision medicine.

Megh Computing, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in real-time analytics and artificial intelligence solutions. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon, with an additional office in Bengaluru, India, the company provides a platform that accelerates the processing of streaming data using Spark Streaming and machine learning algorithms. This platform is designed to enhance operational efficiency and reduce risk by offering smart-place services that can be deployed across various network infrastructures, from edge to cloud. Megh Computing also provides a video analytics solution tailored for the retail supply chain, enabling users to derive valuable insights from existing cameras and sensors while minimizing false positives through continuous training. Additionally, the company offers a collection of codes for developers to utilize in field programmable gate arrays, which can be deployed in data centers or rented through cloud services.

Rapport is helps small and midsized business reap the rewards of sustainability. We offer simple but powerful tools to capture, analyze, reduce and report corporate sustainability metrics. It helps companies drive waste and cost out of their operations. It is an outgrowth of a sustainability consulting firm with over 40 years of collective experience helping company manage, improve and disclose their impact on the planet. Rapport has a total addressable market of $4.3B.